Essendon offer for Hind

[Impatient Sainter]

DONS MAKE HIND OFFER - 2.30PM
Tom Morris reports...

Essendon has tabled a fourth round pick for St Kilda speedster Nick Hind.

Foxfooty.com.au understands the Saints are weighing up the proposal up.

The Bombers like Hind’s pace and believe they could potentially get him via the pre-season draft if needed.

Hind played VFL for Essendon in 2017 and 2018 but was overlooked before joining the Saints as a mature age recruit.

He played 10 matches in 2020 but fell out of favour late in the campaign.

I know he is not contracted but surely he is better than any kid we are going to get in the 60-70's at the draft. I rate him higher than Lonie & Kent and Lonie has a 1 year contract in front of him. This not knowing what the list sizes are going to be is ridiculous - so unprofessional by the AFPA & AFL.

[magnifisaint]

Just f*** Essendon

[magnifisaint]

Get rid of Lonie and keep Hind

[CURLY]

He can go but it's at least a third.

[ace]

I fear that if Higgins comes in then the necessary reduction in list size will force St Kilda to delist Hind.
St Kilda has a few too many contracted list cloggers that are not wanted by rivals at their contract price.
Joyce, McKenzie, Dunstan, Webster, Roberton no takers.

Dildo is aware of this dilemna and will try to exploit.
A few clubs may look if Hind becomes a delisted free agent so Dildo is trying to acquire him for free a bit earlier.

[Viscount Jeremiah]

wtf were we thinking signing Mckenzie to a long term deal

[Saintmatt]

wtf were we thinking signing Mckenzie to a long term deal

Absolute fvcking madness. Was then; even more so now.

[older saint]

wtf were we thinking signing Mckenzie to a long term deal

Absolute fvcking madness. Was then; even more so now.

Richo love child

[fugazi]

When is it depth and when is it list clogging?

McKenzie clearly a clogger

Dunstan, Webster and Roberton are good depth (although with their salary it is probably clogging)

Joyce - I simply don't know, has he got upside?

[Joffa Burns]

Looks about right to me, happy to let him go but given its Essendon I'd want more but they will probably get him in the pre-season draft or draft for #80 odd anyway.

He is back up and a very handy back up, but a long way off a best 22 player.

Behind Higgins, Butler, Gresham, Billings, Sinclair, Lonie & Geary as a small forward and behind Paton, Clark, Coffield, Long, Geary & Savage in the back half.

Nowhere near good enough for the midfield.

[older saint]

Do we need it for Higgins?

[SinCitySainter]

He is not really going to get much of a look in so I say accept the offer.
The 60-70 picks are where you can chase the really out there choices.
The sort of players who are extremely unlikely to make it but may have one or two outstanding attributes.
It is no surprise that the better sides find more players in these ranges than teams down the bottom because they have the luxury of speculating.
For a side with a reasonable list if a player in that range doesn't ever play a game it is no real loss.
However, for a side down the bottom they need all their picks to be a chance to play.
Thankfully right now our list puts us in a position to afford to speculate.

[Saintmatt]

I'd only be ok with Hind going for a 4th if that pick was on-traded to the Tigers with our future 2nd for Jack Higgins. If it's a standalone deal ... no to that. The Jabbers can go fvck themselves - 3rd round or nada nix nought.

[fugazi]

Take the 4th for Hind (pick 67)...We need the relief.

[ace]

wtf were we thinking signing Mckenzie to a long term deal

Absolute fvcking madness. Was then; even more so now.

We didn't, they did.
Richo liked him.

[skeptic]

When is it depth and when is it list clogging?

McKenzie clearly a clogger

Dunstan, Webster and Roberton are good depth (although with their salary it is probably clogging)

Joyce - I simply don't know, has he got upside?

When there’s 5 other players in the team that play that exact position and are ahead of the player concerned

It was a moronic decision at the time that was derided by all except the Richo apologists

[Joffa Burns]

2018 Draft the mature ready made recruit draft.

Following King #4 & Bytel #41 we took....

#47 - Parker - delisted
#54 - Hind - looks likely to be traded
#67 - Young - delisted

The success story being #3 in the rookie draft Cal Wilkie.

I don't mind the strategy, they had a crack.

Hind was handy back up and given non covid list reduction there was enough freakish raw talent in Parker that he could have made it and may still do so somewhere else in a year or two.

Wilkie was rated behind Parker, Hind & Young but looked like a 200 gamer from AFL debut.

[bakes]

Hind is more important to us than Lonie.

Since we have this "run and gun" game style and have decided to switch from small forwards that are pigeon holed to the pocket (i.e. Lonie).

The way I see it is that with Hind's speed, he is a direct backup for Butler.

He kicked 3 goals on his opposite foot in a game this year.

The guy is a good depth player that is cheap to own.

Hope he stays.

[Gershwin]

Hind can cover half-back, wing and small forward. I would try and keep him.

[Saintmatt]

Hind is more important to us than Lonie.

Since we have this "run and gun" game style and have decided to switch from small forwards that are pigeon holed to the pocket (i.e. Lonie).

The way I see it is that with Hind's speed, he is a direct backup for Butler.

He kicked 3 goals on his opposite foot in a game this year.

The guy is a good depth player that is cheap to own.

Hope he stays.

Exactly! Hind has footy skills and smarts a plenty. More versatile than Lonie and has raw speed which, is a huge bonus at Marvel.

Hind only goes if that pick is ABSOLUTELY required to get Jack Higgins in.

If not - fvck off Injectors.

[vacuous space]

Pick 67 could be anything. Maybe even the next Nick Hind!

[Goose is king]

So Essendon want Caldwell and Hind in the PSD.

[Otiman]

Hind and a list clogger for a 4th rounder.

[silverhalo]

Hind is more important to us than Lonie.

Since we have this "run and gun" game style and have decided to switch from small forwards that are pigeon holed to the pocket (i.e. Lonie).

The way I see it is that with Hind's speed, he is a direct backup for Butler.

He kicked 3 goals on his opposite foot in a game this year.

The guy is a good depth player that is cheap to own.

Hope he stays.

Agree with you 100% - Hind really suits our game style and I just can't forget his Sydney game - I'd be really disappointed if we let him go and more so if he goes to injectors for a 4th rounder. I'd definitely be trading a few others out before Hind.

[Goose is king]

Hind at Etihad is worth considering. Keep him or screw Essendon hard.